March 28, 2008 by Greg Meares

I have been a member on Facebook The-New-Faces-at-Facebook for sometime now and I’ve had the honor of meeting so many inspiring people. People that make a difference. This is a short post about a son of one of those people.

Although I have not met Chris, I’ve had the opportunity to become acquainted with his father Eric Levi.

Several weeks ago I met Eric on FaceBook and we seemed to have similar beliefs and goals and it was a natural networking fit.

Then all of a sudden I didn’t hear from him.

Yesterday he reached out to me with terrible news. His son was injured in Iraq.

Now I don’t care what your political views are and this it’s not about that. This is about helping a fellow America, a son and a brother that has sacrificed for his country.

A true Hero!

There’s a group on Facebook that you should now about., 10,000,000 Strong for our Troops!

Right now as of this post the group is 157,086 members and growing. Upon joining the group there is a short passage that reads…

Specialist Chris Levi just lost both his legs and part of his arm, on St. Patty’s Day. While many of us were out drinking Green Beer at our nearest bar in town, he was off serving us bravely.

“I vowed to use this group to HELP people, rather than just to make it another ploy for the greatest membership count on Facebook”.

He currently has a Paypal donate button on his MySpace website.
http://www.myspace.com/chrislevi_support

“Most who see this will NOT donate. Under the veil of secrecy that the internet presents, I can’t blame anyone for thinking this is some scam or an incredibly shifty way to extort money”.

“Sadly, it is not. His wounds, and struggles, are very real, and are representative of the great sacrifices that thousands of Americans have made”.

“But, to those who have the means to donate, we cannot thank you enough. So, also, does Chris”.

………”we currently have several hundred to several thousand Americans joining this group daily. I would be remiss in my obligation to a fellow soldier, and countryman, if I were not to use Facebook, as a tremendous resource, to help him raise funding for his operations”.

He is a hero.

After chatting with Chris’s father Eric, I decided that the least I could do was to write an article on my blog and highlight this brave soldier. Please visit the myspace link and do what you can. It will mean a lot for Chris and his family.

Also if you could please Stumble or Digg or any bookmarking or social networking site of your choice. You’ll see a share it button below. We need to get the word out and that will do it.

Many Thanks!

Greg

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